The movie “High-Rise”, set in an apartment block that suffers from regular power outages, is getting 63% on Rotten Tomatoes. A real 72hr outage in an Australian strata building had an even bigger effect, and provides an important lesson in future-proofing properties.

Imagine a world where your appliances understand how to minimize your electricity bill, your apartment block intelligently shares solar energy with the neighbourhood, and every building is connected to a smart city-wide network. All of this, and much more besides, will soon be a reality thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT).